Tegan and Sara consider 'Sainthood'

October 22, 2009|By Los Angeles Times

It's not uncommon for Tegan and Sara Quin, the Canadian identical twins known for warm but prickly love-pop, to field marriage proposals from their fans.

Taking a break from recording their upcoming album "Sainthood" at the Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., earlier this year, the creatively coiffed sisters played off of each other's tales about their most ardent admirers.

"We'd rather they flirt with us than some creepy guy in leather pants," Sara added.

The kind of devotion that Tegan and Sara, 28, inspire in their fans -- a group largely composed of punk lasses with choppy haircuts -- is the result of one of the most direct connections from band to audience in all of indie pop. With confessional but analytical lyrics, Tegan and Sara have managed to capture the vicissitudes of relationships by examining their own romantic behaviors on albums including their 2004 breakthrough "So Jealous" and its strong 2007 follow-up, "The Con."

"Getting out of a long relationship shook me to my core," she said. "You can be so committed to something and yet it still doesn't work. I think if we knew how things were going to end, most people wouldn't get involved, but love is throwing caution to the wind. All of the songs touch on that."

Tegan provided some of the more traditionally structured tracks, with Sara offering some of the more wild forays like the opening, "Arrow," a sputtering, nervy plea for "tough love."

"Our music keeps growing," Tegan said. "And our audience is looking younger to me. I look out at them and they remind me of myself.">>Tegan and Sara are coming to Chicago! Check out our Concert Alert below.

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Concert alert

-- Don't miss your chance to see Kelly Clarkson in a non-arena setting. She plays the more intimate Rosemont Theatre with Eric Hutchinson and Parachute Oct. 27. Tickets may still be available at ticketmaster.com.

-- Gavin Rossdale plays an all-ages House of Blues show with Lovehammers Nov. 5 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Attendees are asked to bring a toy to donate. ticketmaster.com.

-- AFI plays an all-ages show at the Riviera on Nov. 7. ticketmaster.com.

-- Wish Chris Brown and the New Boyz a happy Thanksgiving Nov. 26 at their 17-and-older House of Blues show. Tickets on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. at livenation.com.

-- Queen Latifah is also playing a 17-and-up House of Blues show on Nov. 29. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. at livenation.com.

-- Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory and Never Shout Never play the Aragon Ballroom Dec. 11. Get tickets now at livenation.com.

-- Indie twins Tegan and Sara will play the Aragon March 26. Tickets recently went on sale at ticketmaster.com.